I was listening to an old interview of John Lennon and he was talking about how the Beatles were sick of touring. He mentioned that they had heard that Elvis, instead of touring himself, was sending his car on tour. Lennon and the others thought that was great. They didn't do anything similar, though. But, they DID record Sgt. Pepper.

Maybe Paul could put his old Land Rover, Helen Wheels, out on the road...

"Glasgow town never brought me down when I was headin' out on the road..."

in years to come/they may discover/what the air we breathe and the life we lead are all about/but it won't be soon enough for me

Someone recently posted Paul's 11/18/13 show in Tokyo on Youtube. It's not a professional job; just a fan's recording, but it was pretty well done and the sound is amazingly clear. It's really entertaining and a testimony as to why Macca should go on performing for the time being. The band sounds great and his voice is in fine form. And here, what with it being a bootleg and all, we get an unvarnished version of a McCartney gig, meaning there's no redoing any shaky vocals after the fact, none of that. Of course we'll never see the man at his all time peak again, but what we have is evidence of a seventy-one year old man sounding fantastic! And some of the songs chosen were really fun: "All Together Now", "Another Day" (which he nailed), "My Valentine", "I've Just Seen A Face" among others. Also "Here Today" (nailed that one too) and several from New were very well done. So I vote he continues touring if he likes...for now. I agree with those who say he should choose songs that feature his lower register more, as he clearly still has a lot of vocal power there.

Yes, right and correct. I would like him to continue touring but lower the register. He did it on KOTB and there is no reason he can't do it with "Can't Buy Me Love", "Band on the Run", "Golden Slumbers", etc. He did so on his Unplugged Album, at least I THINK he did.

Continue touring, taking time out to rest the voice, and bring it down a notch or two.

I repeat it, who is going to write MPL and suggest this? Better yet, someone write Brian or Rusty or Wix and suggest it to them. Who knows.

Girl4, not to quibble on small minutia, but, actually, on KOTB, we see exactly what his strengths and his weaknesses are. When he tries to sing in a higher register, it's weak. It's effective on some songs, but not on others. However, when he sings in the lower register ("My Valentine," "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive," "Get Yourself Another Fool"), he nails it.

All told, he probably sings in the higher register MORE on KOTB than not...but, the voice is definitely stronger, more in control, richer when he sings lower.

in years to come/they may discover/what the air we breathe and the life we lead are all about/but it won't be soon enough for me

Well said, Mattal. Mr. H, just so ya know, I never called for our kid to stop touring, in fact I was saying the opposite. Your response seemed a bit ambiguous in it's meaning and I just want to set the record straight.